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Eastwood’s Airline Twin Tone Recreates The ‘62 SUPRO Dual Tone
Nice… yet another classic guitar re-make from my favorite “new vintage” guitar builders (hey, I think I just coined a new term.). Eastwood Guitars yesterday unveiled its latest vintage six-string recreation––the new Airline Twin Tone. Essentially a re-issue of the classic and fairly hard to find 1962 Supro Dual Tone, Eastwood appears to have stayed true to [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #33 :: Les Paul Classic Antique Mahogany Top
4. September 2007
Well, I hope all of you here in the US had a great 3-day, and that everyone else around the world had a nice weekend as well. To help us get the new week started off on the right foot, here’s a little bit of eye candy from Gibson… The company today unveiled what is now [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Launches New ES Model, ES-339 Semi-Hollowbody
31. August 2007
Brand New ES Series From Gibson Well, Gibson this morning released full specs on its latest six-string creation––the ES-339––and it’s looking like a real beauty. The guitar is basically an ES-335 packed into a Les Paul sized body, and includes all of the traditional accoutrements of the classic 335, including its hardware, body shape (if quite [...]
Continue reading...Epiphone Giving Away A Broadway Archtop
30. August 2007
Before I sign off for the day I just wanted to point you all towards the latest “contest” from Epiphone––they’re giving away a beautiful blonde Broadway Archtop, paired with a copy of the book “Epiphone: The House of Stathopoulo.” The guitar features a top of select spruce, laminated maple body, maple set neck (25.5″ scale length,) [...]
Continue reading...Randall’s George Lynch Signature Series Preamp Modules Now Available
29. August 2007
Well, we’ve got it on good authority that tomorrow Randall will be announcing the general availability of four new pre-amp modules for its innovative MTS Modular Tube Guitar Pre-Amp System––the highly-anticipated George Lynch MTS Signature Series. If you’re lucky enough to own one of Randall’s MTS amps, or of course the custom Lynch Box, you’ll now [...]
Continue reading...Line 6 And Bogner Unveil Hybrid Tube/Digital Modeling Amplifier
28. August 2007
And They Call It The Spider Valve Well, it looks like the cat’s finally out of the bag… Line 6 has been alluding to something big for the last few weeks, and today they finally let us in on it. In a collaboration with renowned tube-amp maker Bogner, Line 6 has apparently developed a whole new line [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #32 :: SG Special With EMGs
28. August 2007
Gibson this morning pulled the veils off its latest Guitar Of The Week offering––a smooth new SG Special armed with a pair of active EMG humbuckers. I like the stripped down look… the guitar is part of Gibson’s low-cost SG Special line, so while it shouldn’t dent your pocketbook too much, being a Limited Edition GOTW [...]
Continue reading...Fender’s Limited Edition “Thin Skin” ‘62 Jaguar In Shoreline Gold Is Now In Stores
21. August 2007
You won’t find it listed on their website, and you certainly won’t stumble onto one while perusing the guitar racks down at your local “big box” guitar store, but if you look in the right places you’ll find that a few select retailers are now carrying this Limited Edition “Thin Skin” ‘62 Jaguar decked out [...]
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5. September 2007
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